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Luigi Auriemma
Application: Castles and Catapults
http://www.atari.com/us/games/castles_and_catapults/pc
Versions: 1.13 (the only available version)
Platforms: Windows
Bug: low/medium
Exploitation: remote, versus server and client
Date: 23 Mar 2004
Author: Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org
web: aluigi.org
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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) The Code
4) Fix
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1) Introduction
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Castles and Catapults is a turn-based strategy game developed by
Magic Lantern (http://www.mlantern.com) and published by Atari
(http://www.atari.com).
It has been released in March 2003.
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2) Bug
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The game expects correct data blocks from clients/servers and until
each block is not fully received it is completely freezed.
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3) The Code
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To test the C&C server launch telnet, connect to the TCP port 6000 and
then close the connection.
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4) Fix
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No fix.
Developers have been contacted but they are "checking" the problem from
over a month.
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